vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2023-34059: open-vm-tools -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 27, 2023 | Nov 2, 2023 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 27, 2023
Added
Nov 2, 2023
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the
/dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.
Solution
debian-upgrade-open-vm-tools
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